Why the Move?<\/h2>\n
When I first opened up my first gym downtown it was a small space designed to train high-level executives and athletes.<\/p>\n
I was situated in the heart of the financial district of downtown Toronto because I knew high-level executives could afford my rates which helped me feed my kids, and put a roof over my head. \u00a0But I’ve always had the unrelenting passion for training athletes as I was a competitive sprinter myself, and\u00a0<\/span>downtown was not conducive to training athletes.\u00a0As I hustled to increase my clientele, so did the rent. On top of that, the lack of space for more equipment, and space for clients to train.<\/p>\n Several years later, I made a lateral move from an 1800 sq. ft. gym to a smaller 1,500 sq. ft. gym still downtown Toronto but better rent as it was just outside the core and more conducive to training athletes. It’s 10 minutes from the financial district. Here I was able to implement some of what I had envisioned, but I was still lacking space.<\/p>\n When the off-season began, we would have 20+ athletes at any given time crowded in a less than 1000 sq. feet of actually equipment space.<\/p>\n We were the definition of packed sardines. Put it this way: when it rained, I would want to cry.<\/strong><\/p>\n We would have three squat racks and platforms outside all day, yes I was busting at the seams literally in the summer. But somehow we made it work, I would laugh when I saw the look in parents eyes and they would ask how the hell you make this work. Let’s just say I have an efficient system and I really believe going through this experience has helped shape my training methods.<\/p>\n I often wonder to myself how did we not have any accidents when there was so little room to even move!<\/p>\n Then came the evolution of this certification, I knew I couldn\u2019t train all the athletes in the world, and I needed to spread my methodology because it\u2019s my vision to increase the level of athletic performance around the world.<\/p>\n When we held our first certification beta, we had about 20 people and it was packed. Too many people shared the same platform, and it was not enough practical for such a small space, so we limited it down to less than 12 the next time. Even then, it was not ideal.<\/p>\n Simply put, we just didn\u2019t have the required amount of space.<\/p>\n Sometimes it blows my mind that people travel so far, fighting through the brutal Toronto traffic to come to our facility.<\/p>\n The average athletes drive or subway at least 30 mins to get here. Some even 1.5 hrs a day. <\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m not just talking about amateurs, I\u2019m talking about Pro athletes like P.K. & Jordan Subban, Mark Friedman, Wayne Moore, Gareth Morgan, Joel Ward, Mike Webster, and the list goes on and on. Hence why I have decided to build this 3,700 sq. ft. gym in North York, ON where its transit accessible, and midway for most people.<\/p>\n When I was slowly building my first gym, I constantly reused my own equipment, and slowly upgraded parts of a space as it was mostly usable.<\/p>\n I spent close to $200K in my first gym, then maybe about $30K in my second.<\/p>\n However, in this new space, we had to gut it \u2014 we have to imagine what it could look like, not what it looks like now (below).<\/strong><\/p>\n Here is what it looks\u00a0like inside when we acquired the space:<\/p>\nMaking it Easier for Athletes<\/h2>\n
\nSo selecting a location was key to us and we wanted it to be somewhere central.<\/p>\nIt’s a Big Process and a Big Expense<\/h2>\n
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